Dromgoole's Battleship Grey / U S S Texas

[Fuzzy_Bear]

 

I'll post a full review later, but this is a quick look at the color. It burped or if a vintage Reform.

[visvamitra]

I'll await full review

[Fuzzy_Bear]

It will stain. Been on my hands for almost 24 hours.

[Wandering Man]

Mine came off this morning as I shampooed my hair.

 

Gee, I wonder if it covered any of the grey?

[Fuzzy_Bear]

Mine came off this morning as I shampooed my hair.

 

Gee, I wonder if it covered any of the grey?

Could you tell if it did?

[KKay]

I have a bottle of this too. I really like this ink, and plan to buy a bottle once they come up for sale. I heard it was going to be a battleship gray. I was told some people saw a hint of blue in it. I didn't. I did a swab on Black N Red, and I saw what looked like Pine Green to me. This ink shades well on quality paper. On ivory Clairefontaine I saw gray. On most white paper I saw a hint of pine green. The color is dark with the nib I was using, a broad cursive italic. The gray was very pleasing, and the shading was very dark...just the way I like it. This one is definitely a keeper for me!

[lapis]

I'll get a bottle because I'm collecting greys. But... IYAM it is by no means a and/or "the" battleship grey which is a well-known colour description of a truly "light to middle grey, possibly with a touch of blue" as used, yes on those (and other such) ships. What I see above is a very dark grey with more than a touch or two of teal! No harm meant. I mean, it is a new grey!

[KKay]

Yes, it is different, and it is very pretty. I sorta see a teal, but when you swab it, on certain paper I see a pine/dark green too. It looks different on every paper I've put it on. I think they did a great job on a unique color.

[Nikaa]

It looks a bit like Foggy Green KWZ ink. I also wait for full review

[Fuzzy_Bear]

 

I tried to do the drop on a paper towel. It came out as black. There is a teal/green hint to this ink and the wider the nib, the more it goes to black. The F nib I used from the Reform makes it look like a ballpoint that is skipping or has the stupid line on the ball!

 

Seems to be near bulletproof.

 

I like this ink and will keep it in regular rotation.

Edited September 24, 2016 by Fuzzy_Bear

[deacondavid]

My friend pointed out something I had missed. The ship shown on the label is not the USS Texas I normally think of... I had assumed it was BB-35, the ship at the San Jacinto Memorial. The ship on the label is the original American battleship, a pre-dreadnaught that never had a number. It was sort of a half-sister to the USS Maine (different armaments) and was renamed as the USS San Marcos when BB-35 was named.

 

It is an interesting ink and one that I need to do some more testing with. I'm curious to see what it will do on Tomoe River paper.

[KKay]

Thanks for bringing that up. Here is an article on that.

hhttp://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=USS-Texas-1895

 

This one has a good photo.

 

http://historicships.blogspot.com/2013/03/their-final-service-us-navy.html

 

Pic from each site attached.

 

Another good site below, with a cool painting.

 

http://hamptonroadsnavalmuseum.blogspot.com/2015/08/120-years-ago-uss-texas-joins-fleet.html

Edited September 25, 2016 by KKay

[T4TEXAS]

I picked up one of the Dallas Pen Show 30 ml bottles. Thanks Dromgooles and Nathan. In a Safari f nib (a very wide f) I can see a hint of green. Next to a turquoise ink a whisper of blue, too. I look forward to trying it on other papers.

[clazbill]

I have a bottle of this ink. I have only tested it by dipping a pen to write and I did a swipe with a q-tip. I'm coming away with a good first impression. Really need to step up the writing so I can empty a pen and get this ink into rotation.

 

Well, this ink and the other 4 new inks I bought at the show.

[sirgilbert357]

I have a bottle of this ink. I have only tested it by dipping a pen to write and I did a swipe with a q-tip. I'm coming away with a good first impression. Really need to step up the writing so I can empty a pen and get this ink into rotation.

 

Well, this ink and the other 4 new inks I bought at the show.

 

An easier solution: buy more pens - they always come empty and ready to ink!!

[Fuzzy_Bear]

I have it loaded in a Lamy 1.1. I can see the grey without a problem. In a F nib, is going to look black, at least to me.

[amberleadavis]

I'll get a bottle because I'm collecting greys. But... IYAM it is by no means a and/or "the" battleship grey which is a well-known colour description of a truly "light to middle grey, possibly with a touch of blue" as used, yes on those (and other such) ships. What I see above is a very dark grey with more than a touch or two of teal! No harm meant. I mean, it is a new grey!

 

I couldn't take it, I had to go look at the images for the ship. Darn if it isn't exactly the right color for the ship.

 

[lapis]

I'll buy that! Amber, you're right again!! Now I know why they named that ink after that ship!!!

[inkstainedruth]

Wow. Not seeing any blue in that grey at all, but it sure had a green tint to it....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[amberleadavis]

http://www.sheismylawyer.com/2017_1_Ink/04-April/slides/2017-04-28_Ink_9.jpg